Display hydrator cabinet



' M. C. DURSZEWICZ Sept. 26, 1939.

DISPLAY HYDRATOR CABINET Filed Nov. 30, 1938 'I IM W.

ATTORNEYS Patented Sept. 26, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIce 3 Claims.

My invention relates to cabinets and more par-' ticularly to display cabinets equipped with hydrator compartments.

One of the principal objects of my invention is to provide a display cabinet so constructed and arranged whereby a hydrator compartment is effectively insulated from an ice or moisture producing compartment in a manner to preclude freezing of food products contained within the hydrator compartment.

Another object of my invention is to provide a device of the character described equipped with means for circulating moist air from a cooling compartment about a hydrator compartment whereby the food products contained in said hydrator compartment may be impregnated with the moisture.

An important object of my invention is to provide a device of the character described which is simple in construction, durable in use, efiicient in operation and economical in manufacture.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, appended claims and annexed drawing.

Referring to the drawing wherein like reference characters designate like parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my invention.

Figure 2 is a rear elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3--3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of a wall of the hydrator compartment.

In practicing my invention, I provide a cabinet 5 fashioned with bottom, front, rear, top and end walls 6, 1, 8, 9 and II! respectively. The rear wall is constructed with interiorly arranged insulating material and provided, adjacent the wall 6, with a pair of hinged doors I 1 whereby access may be had to the lower section of the cabinet and said doors II are likewise provided with interiorly arranged insulating material. The front and end walls 1 and III are also constructed with interiorly arranged insulating material and which coacts with the other walls to effectively insulate the interior of the cabinet from the atmosphere.

The upper wall 9, adjacent the rear wall 8, is fashioned with an inclined section I2 in which are hinged a plurality of doors l3 having panes of glass therein and between which are sealed air pockets l4 serving as insulating mediums to the interior of the cabinet when the doors are in closed position. The doors l3 provide ready access to the upper section of the interior of said 55 cabinet. The front Wall 1, subjacent the top wall 9, is fashioned with a plurality of transparent panels l5 whereby a View of the contents of the upper section of the cabinet may be had. Suitable electric lamps l5a contained within reflectors I52) are secured to the top wall and afford a;-

means for illuminating the interior of the cabinet.

Above the bottom 6, the cabinet is formed with a horizontally disposed partition l6 dividing the lower section of the cabinet into an upper moisture producing or ice compartment I1 and a lower; surplus food storage compartment I8. The partition I6 adjacent the doors H has connected thereto the upper end of a drain pipe l9 whereby water from melting ice positioned on the partition I6 is drained from said ice compartment;- downwardly through the compartment 18 and outwardly of the cabinet for disposal in a desired manner.

Subjacent the inclined top I2, I provide a receptacle 20 fashioned with side, end and bottom walls 2|, 22 and 23 respectively and having an open top. Each of said walls are fashioned with inner and outer auxiliary spaced walls 24 and 25 respectively coacting to form therebetween an insulating compartment C entirely surrounding the sides, ends and bottom of a hydrator compartment H defined by said walls. The compartment C is filled with liquid, for instance water or the like, and the top of the side wall 24, adjacent the front wall 8, is fashioned with a laterally and outwardly extending section 26 effecting connection with the front wall 1 of the cabinet whereby to provide an air passage entirely surrounding the receptacle 2!]. The section 26 of the respective side wall 24 is fashioned with a plurality of louvers 21 whereby the air may circulate upwardly from the compartment I! and over and into the hydrator compartment H.

The bottom wall 23 of the receptacle 20, adjacent the rear side thereof, has communication with the upper end of a gooseneck extending through said wall 23 whereby to drain excess moisture from the receptacle, the gooseneck serving to provide a trap for said moisture to preclude circulation of air upwardly therethrough. The outer corner ofthe receptacle, at the jointure of the walls 23 and 24, is provided with a drain plug 3| and likewise the upper end of said wall 24 is provided with a filler plug 32 whereby liquid may be introduced into the compartment between-the auxiliary walls 24 and 25.

In use, the compartment between the auxiliary Walls 24 and 25 is filled with liquid, the latter being sealed therein by the plugs 3i and 32. Food products, for instance fruit and vegetables, are

placed within the hydrator compartment H. Ice is supplied to the compartment l1 and which serves to moisten the air and effect a circulation thereof upwardly through the air passages about the receptacle to provide the food products with moist air whereby said products are impregnated with moisture to maintain them in .a fresh and wholesome condition over an appreciable long period of time.

While I have shown and described the ice compartment IT as being adapted for the use of ice, it is to be understood that said compartment may be provided with suitable coils in which is contained a refrigerant for cooling moisture thereabout. Furthermore, the liquid in the compartment C serves to preclude freezing of the food products, thus eifecting an economy in the preserving thereof.

It is obvious that the invention is not confined to the herein described use therefor as it may be utilized for any purpose to which it is adaptable.

t is therefore to be distinctly understood that the invention is, not limited to the specific construction as illustrated and described, as the same is only illustrative of the principles of operation which are capable of extended application in advance forms, and that the invention comprehends all construction within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

l. A device of the character described, comprising, a cabinet provided with a moisture producing compartment, a hydrator compartment mounted within said cabinet and suspended above said moisture producing compartment, the walls of said hydrator compartment spaced from the walls of said cabinet and coacting therewith to provide an air passage about said hydrator compartment, said hydrator compartment having inner and outer auxiliary walls defining an insulating chamber about the hydrator compartment and said chamber provided with liquid insulating material.

2. A device of the character described, comprising, a cabinet provided with a moisture producing compartment, a hydrator compartment mounted Within said cabinet and suspended above said first mentioned compartment, the walls of said hydrator compartment spaced from the walls of said cabinet and coacting therewith to provide an air passage about said hydrator compartment, said hydrator compartment having inner and outer auxiliary walls defining an insulating chamber about the hydrator compartment and said chamber provided with a liquid insulating material, and a drain trap connected with said hydrator compartment for draining the latter into said moisture producing compartment.

3. A device of the character described, comprising, a cabinet provided with a moisture producing compartment, a hydrator compartment mounted within said cabinet and suspended above said first mentioned compartment, the'walls of said hydrator compartment spaced from the walls of said cabinet and coacting therewith to provide an air passage about said hydrator compartment,

said hydrator compartment having inner and outer auxiliary walls defining an insulating chamber about the hydrator compartment and said chamber provided with a liquid insulating material, a drain trap connected with said hydrator compartment for draining the latter into said moisture producing compartment, and means for draining said moisture producing compartment.

MORITZ C. DURSZEWICZ. 

